New widget counts global warming happening at 4 Hiroshima atomic bombs per second

Global warming is accumulating in the Earths climate system at a rate equivalent to about 4 Hiroshima atomic bomb detonations, 2 Hurricane Sandys, or 4 magnitude 6.0 earthquakes per second. The amount of energy building up on Earth due to human-caused global warming can be difficult to picture. 250 trillion Joules per second sounds like a lot, but what does that mean in terms people can more easily visualize? This widget, created by Bob Lacatena at Skeptical Science, tries to do just that.

Screenshot of the global warming widget Screenshot of the global warming widget The widget can be installed on most blogs and is customizable, allowing users to choose the color, size, button style, and starting year. For example, since 1998, the Earth’s climate has accumulated over 2 billion Hiroshima atomic bombs worth of energy.Read More…